I have fond memories of Koh Samui. I lived first near the airport where I could see the planes take off and land on the runway by looking through the window of my kitchen. There were vibrations and we no longer hear talk for a few minutes, but there were more flights, at least, past 11 pm. I then moved
to Maenam, north of the island. I lived there in a little soy who entered the interior, a small street lined with banana and palm trees with huge water holes during the rainy season. My house had a huge terrace (almost bigger than the inside of the house itself) where they spent evenings playing cards and drinking Chang.
A card game popular in Thailand is called "Ding Bot" is literally means "double blind". As this is a kind of Black Jack where to bet, this game is illegal, but in the jungle, there is only one law. So there is a "dealer" who distributes two cards to all players and they have the option of taking a third. Sum the 2 cards (aces are worth 1, Figures 10) and be closer to 9. It drops the tens, so a king and a seven (10 + 7) give 7. The highest is 9 with 2 natural cards only, the lowest 0 (eg 3 + 7). To zero, we say " bot" (blind). There are ways to double, triple or even quintuple their initial bet by certain factors. A total of nine cards with two hearts and is called "gao ding " (nine doubles).
This game is very fast, but the most fun is to see the superstitions of the Thais when they play. For example, place the figure of the king up with good luck coins. Do not look at the two cards together, but open one, like the figure of the second and reveal very very slowly. When the "dealer" loses too much, the cards when changing direction. If you have the chance to play, do not miss not!
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